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母さん [ichi1,news1,nf22]
かあさん [ichi1,news1,nf22] かかさん [ok]
1. [n]
▶ mother
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 1002650 お母さん 1. mother; mom; mum; ma
2. [n] [col]
《used when speaking to or about one's own wife》
▶ wife



History:
5. A 2018-02-25 04:32:08  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -28 +28,2 @@
-<gloss>wife (used when speaking to or about one's own wife)</gloss>
+<s_inf>used when speaking to or about one's own wife</s_inf>
+<gloss>wife</gloss>
4. A 2013-06-08 01:14:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
KOD追加語彙: "old cheese 《豪俗》 母さん, おかみさん."
  Comments:
That ref confirms sense 3. It's tagged as "豪俗", but I think it's Cockney rhyming slang rather than peculiarly Australian. "Old cheese" is from "cheese and kisses"; rhyming slang for "missus".
  Diff:
@@ -27,0 +27,1 @@
+<misc>&col;</misc>
3. A* 2013-06-08 01:06:50  winnie <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://cjjc.weblio.jp/content/母さん  
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/母さん  
http://quizlet.com/13101908/print/
  Comments:
I've run across this in a few places... similar to the way a wife might use あなた to refer to her husband, a husband might refer to his wife as 母さん. English has a similar colloquial/familiar use of a husband referring to his wife as "mother" (if the couple has children).

Also as described at the first reference link: "in oral expression, a humble term for referring to one's own wife".  

Please modify the phrasing of the meaning if you'd like.
  Diff:
@@ -25,0 +25,4 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>wife (used when speaking to or about one's own wife)</gloss>
+</sense>
2. A 2013-02-15 23:21:53  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2013-02-15 23:03:31  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
koj, daij
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +16,4 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>かかさん</reb>
+<re_inf>&ok;</re_inf>
+</r_ele>

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